diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/power7-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/power7-pmu.c
index b554879bd31e4c48cc6769092695c7f32a899af4..3c475d6267c75b0db98584b0f4c7cd0379fd19d1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/power7-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/power7-pmu.c
@@ -420,7 +420,20 @@ static struct attribute_group power7_pmu_events_group = {
.attrs = power7_events_attr,
};
+PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(event, "config:0-19");
+
+static struct attribute *power7_pmu_format_attr[] = {
+ &format_attr_event.attr,
+ NULL,
+};
+
+struct attribute_group power7_pmu_format_group = {
+ .name = "format",
+ .attrs = power7_pmu_format_attr,
+};
+
static const struct attribute_group *power7_pmu_attr_groups[] = {
+ &power7_pmu_format_group,
&power7_pmu_events_group,
NULL,
};
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h
index d3ddd17405d07b1e288828a949ac9ecb363c3c2e..5a6d2873f80eb61e878ded58ff289cf59adc0341 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct arch_specific_insn {
* a post_handler or break_handler).
*/
int boostable;
+ bool if_modifier;
};
struct arch_optimized_insn {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
index 529c8931fc029faffb4f4437ef74dd4fedb538f3..dab7580c47aee2e71e501afbfa94c17e2790777d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ static struct event_constraint intel_snb_event_constraints[] __read_mostly =
FIXED_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x00c0, 0), /* INST_RETIRED.ANY */
FIXED_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x003c, 1), /* CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.CORE */
FIXED_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x0300, 2), /* CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.REF */
+ INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x04a3, 0xf), /* CYCLE_ACTIVITY.CYCLES_NO_DISPATCH */
+ INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x05a3, 0xf), /* CYCLE_ACTIVITY.STALLS_L2_PENDING */
+ INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x02a3, 0x4), /* CYCLE_ACTIVITY.CYCLES_L1D_PENDING */
+ INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x06a3, 0x4), /* CYCLE_ACTIVITY.STALLS_L1D_PENDING */
INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x48, 0x4), /* L1D_PEND_MISS.PENDING */
INTEL_UEVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x01c0, 0x2), /* INST_RETIRED.PREC_DIST */
INTEL_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xcd, 0x8), /* MEM_TRANS_RETIRED.LOAD_LATENCY */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
index 3f06e61499814ee368ddcf6ec41a690cdfbea3c5..7bfe318d3d8a4a50b07bd8c02865c9f4af3496d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
@@ -375,6 +375,9 @@ static void __kprobes arch_copy_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
else
p->ainsn.boostable = -1;
+ /* Check whether the instruction modifies Interrupt Flag or not */
+ p->ainsn.if_modifier = is_IF_modifier(p->ainsn.insn);
+
/* Also, displacement change doesn't affect the first byte */
p->opcode = p->ainsn.insn[0];
}
@@ -434,7 +437,7 @@ static void __kprobes set_current_kprobe(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs,
__this_cpu_write(current_kprobe, p);
kcb->kprobe_saved_flags = kcb->kprobe_old_flags
= (regs->flags & (X86_EFLAGS_TF | X86_EFLAGS_IF));
- if (is_IF_modifier(p->ainsn.insn))
+ if (p->ainsn.if_modifier)
kcb->kprobe_saved_flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_IF;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/hash.h b/include/linux/hash.h
index 61c97ae22e01881d7e1744401e52705c7986fb99..f09a0ae4d858557c8bc7c071c34cd5ec46c29043 100644
--- a/include/linux/hash.h
+++ b/include/linux/hash.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
*/
#include <asm/types.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
/* 2^31 + 2^29 - 2^25 + 2^22 - 2^19 - 2^16 + 1 */
#define GOLDEN_RATIO_PRIME_32 0x9e370001UL
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
#error Wordsize not 32 or 64
#endif
-static inline u64 hash_64(u64 val, unsigned int bits)
+static __always_inline u64 hash_64(u64 val, unsigned int bits)
{
u64 hash = val;
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index b0cd86501c30db1a1320d284f2d52eb1ec499f2b..59412d037eed2a81163483b89fb38d9feb30623a 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -4434,12 +4434,15 @@ static void perf_event_task_event(struct perf_task_event *task_event)
if (ctxn < 0)
goto next;
ctx = rcu_dereference(current->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn]);
+ if (ctx)
+ perf_event_task_ctx(ctx, task_event);
}
- if (ctx)
- perf_event_task_ctx(ctx, task_event);
next:
put_cpu_ptr(pmu->pmu_cpu_context);
}
+ if (task_event->task_ctx)
+ perf_event_task_ctx(task_event->task_ctx, task_event);
+
rcu_read_unlock();
}
@@ -5647,6 +5650,7 @@ static void perf_swevent_init_hrtimer(struct perf_event *event)
event->attr.sample_period = NSEC_PER_SEC / freq;
hwc->sample_period = event->attr.sample_period;
local64_set(&hwc->period_left, hwc->sample_period);
+ hwc->last_period = hwc->sample_period;
event->attr.freq = 0;
}
}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index ab25b88aae56f4e22380766b02378669c8b05c57..6893d5a2bf086014f2919496ca7062c246935dad 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -3104,8 +3104,8 @@ __unregister_ftrace_function_probe(char *glob, struct ftrace_probe_ops *ops,
continue;
}
- hlist_del(&entry->node);
- call_rcu(&entry->rcu, ftrace_free_entry_rcu);
+ hlist_del_rcu(&entry->node);
+ call_rcu_sched(&entry->rcu, ftrace_free_entry_rcu);
}
}
__disable_ftrace_function_probe();
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 1f835a83cb2c4c74b13b0c8641ce648a75591ae6..4f1dade56981d6fe5d880e9f6caaf609ab1e9c02 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ __update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
void
update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
{
- struct ring_buffer *buf = tr->buffer;
+ struct ring_buffer *buf;
if (trace_stop_count)
return;
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
arch_spin_lock(&ftrace_max_lock);
+ buf = tr->buffer;
tr->buffer = max_tr.buffer;
max_tr.buffer = buf;
@@ -2880,11 +2881,25 @@ static int set_tracer_option(struct tracer *trace, char *cmp, int neg)
return -EINVAL;
}
-static void set_tracer_flags(unsigned int mask, int enabled)
+/* Some tracers require overwrite to stay enabled */
+int trace_keep_overwrite(struct tracer *tracer, u32 mask, int set)
+{
+ if (tracer->enabled && (mask & TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE) && !set)
+ return -1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int set_tracer_flag(unsigned int mask, int enabled)
{
/* do nothing if flag is already set */
if (!!(trace_flags & mask) == !!enabled)
- return;
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Give the tracer a chance to approve the change */
+ if (current_trace->flag_changed)
+ if (current_trace->flag_changed(current_trace, mask, !!enabled))
+ return -EINVAL;
if (enabled)
trace_flags |= mask;
@@ -2894,18 +2909,24 @@ static void set_tracer_flags(unsigned int mask, int enabled)
if (mask == TRACE_ITER_RECORD_CMD)
trace_event_enable_cmd_record(enabled);
- if (mask == TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE)
+ if (mask == TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE) {
ring_buffer_change_overwrite(global_trace.buffer, enabled);
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
+ ring_buffer_change_overwrite(max_tr.buffer, enabled);
+#endif
+ }
if (mask == TRACE_ITER_PRINTK)
trace_printk_start_stop_comm(enabled);
+
+ return 0;
}
static int trace_set_options(char *option)
{
char *cmp;
int neg = 0;
- int ret = 0;
+ int ret = -ENODEV;
int i;
cmp = strstrip(option);
@@ -2915,19 +2936,20 @@ static int trace_set_options(char *option)
cmp += 2;
}
+ mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+
for (i = 0; trace_options[i]; i++) {
if (strcmp(cmp, trace_options[i]) == 0) {
- set_tracer_flags(1 << i, !neg);
+ ret = set_tracer_flag(1 << i, !neg);
break;
}
}
/* If no option could be set, test the specific tracer options */
- if (!trace_options[i]) {
- mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+ if (!trace_options[i])
ret = set_tracer_option(current_trace, cmp, neg);
- mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
- }
+
+ mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
return ret;
}
@@ -2937,6 +2959,7 @@ tracing_trace_options_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
{
char buf[64];
+ int ret;
if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -2946,7 +2969,9 @@ tracing_trace_options_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
buf[cnt] = 0;
- trace_set_options(buf);
+ ret = trace_set_options(buf);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
*ppos += cnt;
@@ -3250,6 +3275,9 @@ static int tracing_set_tracer(const char *buf)
goto out;
trace_branch_disable();
+
+ current_trace->enabled = false;
+
if (current_trace->reset)
current_trace->reset(tr);
@@ -3294,6 +3322,7 @@ static int tracing_set_tracer(const char *buf)
}
current_trace = t;
+ current_trace->enabled = true;
trace_branch_enable(tr);
out:
mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
@@ -4780,7 +4809,13 @@ trace_options_core_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
if (val != 0 && val != 1)
return -EINVAL;
- set_tracer_flags(1 << index, val);
+
+ mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+ ret = set_tracer_flag(1 << index, val);
+ mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
+
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
*ppos += cnt;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 57d7e5397d56da86f667e3139fb14703a99e8fcf..2081971367ea8e54d5b42e188c7aaaaee22c8f2a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -283,11 +283,15 @@ struct tracer {
enum print_line_t (*print_line)(struct trace_iterator *iter);
/* If you handled the flag setting, return 0 */
int (*set_flag)(u32 old_flags, u32 bit, int set);
+ /* Return 0 if OK with change, else return non-zero */
+ int (*flag_changed)(struct tracer *tracer,
+ u32 mask, int set);
struct tracer *next;
struct tracer_flags *flags;
bool print_max;
bool use_max_tr;
bool allocated_snapshot;
+ bool enabled;
};
@@ -943,6 +947,8 @@ extern const char *__stop___trace_bprintk_fmt[];
void trace_printk_init_buffers(void);
void trace_printk_start_comm(void);
+int trace_keep_overwrite(struct tracer *tracer, u32 mask, int set);
+int set_tracer_flag(unsigned int mask, int enabled);
#undef FTRACE_ENTRY
#define FTRACE_ENTRY(call, struct_name, id, tstruct, print, filter) \
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
index 713a2cac48816461c0c0a5b11d5a854ea5c4b3d3..443b25b43b4f60f3b58102daab06c6150f01ad64 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ enum {
static int trace_type __read_mostly;
-static int save_lat_flag;
+static int save_flags;
static void stop_irqsoff_tracer(struct trace_array *tr, int graph);
static int start_irqsoff_tracer(struct trace_array *tr, int graph);
@@ -558,8 +558,11 @@ static void stop_irqsoff_tracer(struct trace_array *tr, int graph)
static void __irqsoff_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
{
- save_lat_flag = trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
- trace_flags |= TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
+ save_flags = trace_flags;
+
+ /* non overwrite screws up the latency tracers */
+ set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE, 1);
+ set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT, 1);
tracing_max_latency = 0;
irqsoff_trace = tr;
@@ -573,10 +576,13 @@ static void __irqsoff_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
static void irqsoff_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
{
+ int lat_flag = save_flags & TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
+ int overwrite_flag = save_flags & TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE;
+
stop_irqsoff_tracer(tr, is_graph());
- if (!save_lat_flag)
- trace_flags &= ~TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
+ set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT, lat_flag);
+ set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE, overwrite_flag);
}
static void irqsoff_tracer_start(struct trace_array *tr)
@@ -609,6 +615,7 @@ static struct tracer irqsoff_tracer __read_mostly =
.print_line = irqsoff_print_line,
.flags = &tracer_flags,
.set_flag = irqsoff_set_flag,
+ .flag_changed = trace_keep_overwrite,
#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
.selftest = trace_selftest_startup_irqsoff,
#endif
@@ -642,6 +649,7 @@ static struct tracer preemptoff_tracer __read_mostly =
.print_line = irqsoff_print_line,
.flags = &tracer_flags,
.set_flag = irqsoff_set_flag,
+ .flag_changed = trace_keep_overwrite,
#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
.selftest = trace_selftest_startup_preemptoff,
#endif
@@ -677,6 +685,7 @@ static struct tracer preemptirqsoff_tracer __read_mostly =
.print_line = irqsoff_print_line,
.flags = &tracer_flags,
.set_flag = irqsoff_set_flag,
+ .flag_changed = trace_keep_overwrite,
#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
.selftest = trace_selftest_startup_preemptirqsoff,
#endif
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
index 75aa97fbe1a11120d93ed241e00ddbac5a51a55d..fde652c9a511c197d47822b66871ffb764f62539 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static void __wakeup_reset(struct trace_array *tr);
static int wakeup_graph_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace);
static void wakeup_graph_return(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace);
-static int save_lat_flag;
+static int save_flags;
#define TRACE_DISPLAY_GRAPH 1
@@ -540,8 +540,11 @@ static void stop_wakeup_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
static int __wakeup_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
{
- save_lat_flag = trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
- trace_flags |= TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
+ save_flags = trace_flags;
+
+ /* non overwrite screws up the latency tracers */
+ set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE, 1);
+ set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT, 1);
tracing_max_latency = 0;
wakeup_trace = tr;
@@ -563,12 +566,15 @@ static int wakeup_rt_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
static void wakeup_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
{
+ int lat_flag = save_flags & TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
+ int overwrite_flag = save_flags & TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE;
+
stop_wakeup_tracer(tr);
/* make sure we put back any tasks we are tracing */
wakeup_reset(tr);
- if (!save_lat_flag)
- trace_flags &= ~TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT;
+ set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT, lat_flag);
+ set_tracer_flag(TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE, overwrite_flag);
}
static void wakeup_tracer_start(struct trace_array *tr)
@@ -594,6 +600,7 @@ static struct tracer wakeup_tracer __read_mostly =
.print_line = wakeup_print_line,
.flags = &tracer_flags,
.set_flag = wakeup_set_flag,
+ .flag_changed = trace_keep_overwrite,
#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
.selftest = trace_selftest_startup_wakeup,
#endif
@@ -615,6 +622,7 @@ static struct tracer wakeup_rt_tracer __read_mostly =
.print_line = wakeup_print_line,
.flags = &tracer_flags,
.set_flag = wakeup_set_flag,
+ .flag_changed = trace_keep_overwrite,
#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
.selftest = trace_selftest_startup_wakeup,
#endif
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
index a20e32033431a38bc752e2d3476ecafe49e3c78f..0b0a90787db64b010277005c5a7980f60d8fbdbc 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export Q VERBOSE
EVENT_PARSE_VERSION = $(EP_VERSION).$(EP_PATCHLEVEL).$(EP_EXTRAVERSION)
-INCLUDES = -I. -I/usr/local/include $(CONFIG_INCLUDES)
+INCLUDES = -I. $(CONFIG_INCLUDES)
# Set compile option CFLAGS if not set elsewhere
CFLAGS ?= -g -Wall
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index a2108ca1cc17ad02e331aa02adf1870cc56a07ba..bb74c79cd16ed2ad02dbd33ee5f791fb9de2b3c2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ ifeq ("$(origin DEBUG)", "command line")
PERF_DEBUG = $(DEBUG)
endif
ifndef PERF_DEBUG
- CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE = -O6 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
+ CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE = -O6
endif
ifdef PARSER_DEBUG
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ ifeq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_HELLO),$(CFLAGS) -Werror -Wvolatile-register-var,-W
CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -Wvolatile-register-var
endif
+ifndef PERF_DEBUG
+ ifeq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_HELLO),$(CFLAGS) -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2),y)
+ CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
+ endif
+endif
+
### --- END CONFIGURATION SECTION ---
ifeq ($(srctree),)
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/bench.h b/tools/perf/bench/bench.h
index a5223e6a7b432a0b04faf5ba5dfc130cd9ed150e..0fdc85269c4dc4c2bd72220526879a07e76679be 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/bench.h
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/bench.h
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
#ifndef BENCH_H
#define BENCH_H
+/*
+ * The madvise transparent hugepage constants were added in glibc
+ * 2.13. For compatibility with older versions of glibc, define these
+ * tokens if they are not already defined.
+ *
+ * PA-RISC uses different madvise values from other architectures and
+ * needs to be special-cased.
+ */
+#ifdef __hppa__
+# ifndef MADV_HUGEPAGE
+# define MADV_HUGEPAGE 67
+# endif
+# ifndef MADV_NOHUGEPAGE
+# define MADV_NOHUGEPAGE 68
+# endif
+#else
+# ifndef MADV_HUGEPAGE
+# define MADV_HUGEPAGE 14
+# endif
+# ifndef MADV_NOHUGEPAGE
+# define MADV_NOHUGEPAGE 15
+# endif
+#endif
+
extern int bench_numa(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
extern int bench_sched_messaging(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
extern int bench_sched_pipe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 774c90713a53fe8a27f0561a8476d5c23748edab..f1a939ebc19c5d4aad0afbe1b96201aadbdb0511 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -573,13 +573,15 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
perf_event__synthesize_guest_os, tool);
}
- if (!opts->target.system_wide)
+ if (perf_target__has_task(&opts->target))
err = perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(tool, evsel_list->threads,
process_synthesized_event,
machine);
- else
+ else if (perf_target__has_cpu(&opts->target))
err = perf_event__synthesize_threads(tool, process_synthesized_event,
machine);
+ else /* command specified */
+ err = 0;
if (err != 0)
goto out_delete_session;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index 38624686ee9a145ffaacbcfa063e5d985da750f0..226a4ae2f936ccaa228a5fad85bfd5318521ccd5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -208,8 +208,9 @@ static inline int script_browse(const char *script_opt __maybe_unused)
return 0;
}
-#define K_LEFT -1
-#define K_RIGHT -2
+#define K_LEFT -1000
+#define K_RIGHT -2000
+#define K_SWITCH_INPUT_DATA -3000
#endif
#ifdef GTK2_SUPPORT
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/strlist.c b/tools/perf/util/strlist.c
index 55433aa42c8f30cb8dbeeae537ce8ea0ad47965b..eabdce0a2daa0a0a2c5c882529617322ce6e8852 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/strlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/strlist.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ struct strlist *strlist__new(bool dupstr, const char *list)
slist->rblist.node_delete = strlist__node_delete;
slist->dupstr = dupstr;
- if (slist && strlist__parse_list(slist, list) != 0)
+ if (list && strlist__parse_list(slist, list) != 0)
goto out_error;
}